Name Alexis Wineman | Education University of Montana | |
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Known for First autistic contestant to compete in the Miss America pageant. Title Miss Cut Bank 2012Miss Montana 2012 Profiles | ||
Miss montana alexis wineman determined beauty queen doesn t let autism get in her way
Alexis Wineman is an autism advocate who was named Miss Montana 2012. She won the "America's Choice" award at the Miss America 2013 pageant and is the first known autistic contestant to compete in the Miss America pageant.
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- Miss montana alexis wineman determined beauty queen doesn t let autism get in her way
- Alexis wineman autism role model
- Background
- Publications
- Video clips and interviews
- References
Alexis wineman autism role model
Background
Wineman is from Cut Bank, Montana, and states that as a child, she always felt different and was bullied. She said that she began to understand why after she was diagnosed with "PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder- Not Otherwise Specified), an autism spectrum disorder" at the age of 11. As of 2014, she is an undergraduate at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama.
Wineman did not grow up with an interest in beauty pageants, stating that she was instead the "girl with the hoodies on. I never wore makeup all that much. I wasn’t much into beauty at all – to be honest, I’m still not all that much.” Her platform as Miss Montana was “Normal is just a dryer setting – Living with autism" and, at the age of 18, she was the youngest contestant in the Miss America 2013 pageant.
Her older sister, Danielle Wineman, was named Miss Montana 2015 in June 2015.